Boot USB from Ubuntu?
Boot USB from Ubuntu?
Ubuntu isn't compatible with a 2000-year-old system. You might want something simpler, like Arch Linux. I looked up what storage sizes were common back then—back in 2000, a laptop usually had around 1Gb of space. An article from that time suggests desktops could have reached up to 10Gb by then. That site is http://edition.cnn.com/TECH/computing/99...onkin.idg/. It seems unlikely the drive would still function today. You have several options to bring your old machine back to life, but it's probably going to remain slow. Consider searching for a lightweight Linux CD online or checking if Puppy Linux or Tiny Core Linux could run. A Raspberry Pi would likely be faster than any of these alternatives.
Thanks for the support! I used a straightforward program with just a few clicks. I picked my USB drive, selected one of the available operating systems, and pressed start—it handled everything perfectly!